Station-indicator for cars.



P. MARZETZ.

STATION INDICATOR FOR CARS APPLICATION FILED NOV.'25,1914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAIH CO.,WASHINGTON, n. c

TUTTE PETER IVIARZE'IZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STATION-INDICATOR FOR CARS.

Application filed November 25, 1914. Serial No. 873,972.

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, PETER MARZETZ, subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Station-Indicators for Cars, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stationindicators for cars.

The primary object is to provide a device positioned within a vehicle orcar such as a street railway car whereby the person in charge mayproperly indicate to the passengers the name of the next station to bereached in the regular course of travel. I

A further object is to provide an indicat ing device with the names ofall of the stations upon any line of travel such names be ing adaptedfor shifting to a viewable position by means of an operating leverandthe complete list of names being capable of reversal within theindicator at each termination of the route.

A still further object is to provide winding means for an indicatorcurtain operable in a step-by-step movement transversely ofa visualopening and having a resilient presser means engaging the curtainadjacent to such opening and having a light positioned adjacent thereto.

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in theappended claims.

In the drawings forming-a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal vertical sectionalview of the device detached with a portion of the hinged side of thecasing shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the deviceattached to a portion of the car wall, the latter being shown invertical section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail view of thewinding drum and its actuating means. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sideelevation of the actuating means shown in its operating position andillustrated in dotted lines'in its normal position, and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the detachable end of the curtain and showing theroller upon which the same is mounted.

Referring more in detail to the drawings there is illustrated a devicemounted upon the end 11 of a car. and including a casing 12 which isprovided with projecting perforated cars 13 for receiving screws forretaining the casing upon the said end.

A curtain 15 provided with the names of allof the stations along theline of travel of the car is positioned within the casing being mountedupon an upper roller 16 which is manuallydriven in a single direction ina step-by-step movement and in a manner hereinafter described, thecurtainbeing thus wound upon the said'upper roller and unwoundfrom alower roller 17. The saidlupper roller is provided with a plurality ofspring clips 18 adapted to receive the perforations or eyelets 19provided through the end of the curtain 15 and whereby the end of thecurtain may be readily attached to anddetached fromthe said roller 16.The roller 16 is secured to an axle 20 which is journaled in the uppercylindrical portion 21 of the casing, while the roller 17 is slidablyand rotatably mounted upon a stationary axle 22 positioned upon thelongitu' dinal axis of the lower cylindrical portion 23 of the casing,thesaid axle 22 being fixedly mountedwithin the casing and centrally ofthe end disk 2% of the said casing portion 23. By thisarrangement itwill be evident that as the end ofthe curtain which .is opposite to theperforated end thereof is tain. and turned around so as to expose theopposite side thereof to the window or opening 27 of the casing,whereupon the roller 17 is again returned to the axle 22 and theperforated end of the curtain is againsecured to the roller 16 and thedevice is readyfor the return trip of the car.

The window 27 of the casing is positioned in the contracted middleportion 28 thereof between the casing portions 21 and 23 and :T he axleof the upper roller 16 has one end 33 thereof extending exteriorly ofthe casing portion 21 and is provided thereon with toothed wheel 34-fixed thereto while a collar 35 is journaled upon the said axle endbetween the Wheel 3and a ring 35secureol I to the said end by means ofascrew 36,

An operating dog 37 has-an arm 88 thereof pivoted'toa finger 39 ,of'thesaid collar and adapted to engage the teeth of the wheel 342 and "torevolve the said wheel :to the extent of two teeth at each pull upon thedog exerted by means of the cord 40. ,This cord has one end thereofsecured to the end 41 of thedog and then passes over pulleys 42securfedto the car wall above the level'of the indicator casing and saidcord may preferablybepassed within the said wall and has its-lowerendsecured to an operating lever 4&8, Thesaid lever has one end thereofpivo'ted' as-ati to the casing and its other end provided with a handle45 and projecting-through a slot .426 of the wall which limitsthepivotal movement of the lever to a distance suflicientto actuate the dogthe required amount. The dog end 41 has a returncoil-spring 47 attachedbetween the same and-the adjacent side of the casing portion 21 andwhereby after each pull of the cord'the dog is returned to its normalposition in a ratcheting backward movement over the teeth ofthe wheel34, until the stop upon the casing is engaged bythe rear end 61 .ofthedog.

It is to. behndeistood that the names of the stationsxsuch as the nanieYork indi- ;cated at'S are printed upon the opposite sides of thecurtain 15 as illustrated in Fig.

6 While thenames of thesucceeding stations upon'theroof are successivelyso placed upon the curtain' The name of the next sta tion to be reachedby the car in its travel may be seenby viewingthe window 27 and whensuch place is reached, the conductor or person in charge of "the cargives a down-' ward movement to the lever handle 45 whichturns the wheel3 t and the roller 16 sufiiciently to wind up enough of the curtain 15upon the roller 16 and oil of the roller 17 to position the next nameupon the curtain directly behind the window 27. This opershown anddescribed is what is believed to bethe preferredembodiment thereof, itis nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as setforth in the claims.

What I claim new is 1. A device of the class described comprising acasing having cylindrical upper and lower end portions and acommunicating contracted portion, an end closure hinged to the saidcasing, a window at the forward side of said contracted portion, a poweraxle in said upper casing portion, a roller secured upon said axle,spring clips upon said roller, an axle fixedly positioned within saidlower casing portion, a slidably removable roller journaled upon saidlower axle, an indicator curtain wound upon said lower roller and havingone end thereof se cured to said spring clips of said upper roller, apresser plate within said contracted portion in engagement with the rearside of said curtain, and resilient tensioning means for the said plate.

-2. A device of the class described comprising enlarged end portions anda contracted connecting neck portion, there being a viewable opening inthe neck portion, a re- Hector carried by one of the end portions andarranged adjacent said opening, a web roller journaled in each of saidend portions, a web connected at its ends to said rollers and woundthereon, said web passing through the contracted neck portion and aspringpressed shoe in engagement with the rear face of the web to causethe same to engage the neck portion throughout the length thereof.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER MARZETZ.

. Witnessesi VVICENTZ GORZYCA, \VoJinnorI H'UanKowsKI.

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' i Washington, IL C.

